iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

If it doesn’t have that motion blur I’m going to be sad

FWIW every single paediatric psychologist and paediatrician (whose job it is to diagnose both these things) where this conversation topic has come up - and unfortunately that’s quite a lot of examples - has said the same thing to me. A lot of it is down to diagnosis being done too early, they say

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 9h

Should hath gone to specsavers was right there

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just redirect to tech dot bad

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Having tried every sheer library under the sun, I’ll be amazed if this covers all the cases that give issues on various mobile devices and configurations! I’ll give it a try in hope of being pleasantly surprised!

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Back in the day I used to do these things called BBC Connected Studios where people would have all these kinds of ideas and flesh them out and prototype them over two days. Not sure who this Dave guy is but Dave, every single idea I saw pitched was better than this. And it was free.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think I have too many teeth, sadly

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I mean, I can tell that -26.4 is obviously amazing and our dear Nigel is much loved…

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I see, then normalised to be per 100 people or something.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Out of interest, how am I supposed to read that? -26.8 what? Change from something? Compared to some mean?

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I just want to know where they’re getting their chocolate digestives from. And if they prefer milk or dark chocolate.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Or to really confuse people “David Webb”

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Liz Truss? Fuck this. Bye”

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh my god this reminds me of an old rugby coach who kept on about having awarence.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There’s a load of what to test, and why, rather than teaching someone to just execute it, surely?

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

First thought: Noddy Holder

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just got a letter from my friend asking me to save the date. I didn’t know they were endangered.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just put some dates in my diary. Made a right mess.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

youtu.be/Nh-Socoh4zI?... Willing to bet this is your first reply for a Catalan song

youtu.be

OQUES GRASSES - PETAR-HO

YouTube video by Oques Grasses

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I followed it a load more this year. Not sure why. Maybe after Baz was fired I started looking who they might pick for the test team?

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“And of course, as is tradition, we will know when the new pope has been elected when all the agent cardinals have used up all the water”

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes! One thing that will have to change in reaction is being able to be more agile in making product decisions.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Close enough when you’re talking about 100 football pitches. It’s not 10 or 1000

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No appetite for scary Poppins

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That reminds me I must buy toothpaste

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The inventor of the rubber duck

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If I see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula what?

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think I might actually know why… There are two different precisions I want to work at: coarse grained for blocking everything together; then fine grained later on. But the UI only has one mode which is fine grained precision and it’s awful.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Video editing is a horrible experience. I feel like I’m trying to solve a rubix cube while wearing oven gloves.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The “10% probability of wiping out humanity” is not going to be some exciting robot-human war, it’s just going to be us all collectively deciding “fuck it we can’t be arsed with this bollocks”

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me: I’m 40 and I just learned what horology is. Wife: it’s about time. Me: yes I said I just learned it.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Patient: Doctor, doctor, my wife thinks I’m constipated but I’m not sure what it means. Doctor: Tough shit.

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Chorus @writewithchorus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Donny Hathaway was born on this day in 1945. He’s an under appreciated gem, with some incredible songs.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m a little far away with lots of sea in between. But best of luck!

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bristol with massive attack I’ll take that. And Herefordshire with Ellie Goulding because she went to the sixth form there and no other reason. Got to look after your own.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They carry a whistle and truncheon instead, of course.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think your premise about people being unable to compose music is flawed (or just not relevant). People who know how to compose music use it too.

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Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you weren’t there they wouldn’t have said it to you

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